Tory Lanez's motion for a new trial on charges that he shot Megan Thee Stallion has been denied.
Lanez — whose legal name is Daystar Peterson — and his legal team had indicated for several months after the guilty verdict that he would be filing for a new trial, officially filing the motion on March 29th, asThe hearing for the new trial motion had been punted multiple times before finally getting underway in Los Angeles on Monday, with judge David Herriford issuing the ruling on Tuesday. The court hasn’t issued a sentencing date for Peterson yet.
Attorney Jose Baez and the Lanez team did file a motion disqualify Judge Herriford — I don’t know on what grounds we don’t have copies yet — but Herriford still issued his ruling.
“The court erred on numerous questions of law in allowing the People to introduce this post, depriving defendant of a fair trial,” the motion said. “The only acceptable remedy for this miscarriage of justice is a new trial.” Prosecutors responded to that motion, as reporter Meghann Cuniff first reported, calling for the court to dismiss the request and stating that Peterson “failed to demonstrate any error by the trial court in support of its motion for a new trial.”
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